2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League

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Iconic table: Kid, Brat, Kelsall, Glantz, Mouth.

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Matusow was Hellmuth's lead supporter in his heads-up battle, advising him and rubbing his arms during a break. So it was a bit surprising to see Friedman's victory group photo, Who's that slipping in at the side?

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Andrew Kelsall reached the final table of both Dealer's Choice tournaments, finishing 2nd back in the $1,500 (#2) and 6th now in the $10k. There is definitely a knack to this, with Raymond Henson, who was 3rd in the $1,500 also finishing 11th in the $10k. Kelsall's outfits for the two finals were completely different, yet I'm sensing a theme.

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Event 37: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Karolis Sereika
Runners	1441
Paid	217
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Chad Eveslage	67	1
Brandon Shack-Harris	124	1
Ryan Laplante	176	1
Benjamin Yu	192	1

Selector	Points
Carl 1	2
Carl 2	2
Gareth	2
Jo 2	2
Stephen 1	2
Barrie 1	1
Chris	1
Del	1
Jo 1	1
John 1	1
Jon	1
Rob	1
Simon L	1

Karolis Sereika won Lithuania's first bracelet. Horses for courses - Pierre Calamusa was 2nd in #10 and 4th in this, both of them being Super Turbo Bounty NLHE freezeouts.

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Event 38: $50,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed

Winner	Michael Addamo
Runners	81
Paid	13
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Michael Addamo	1	25
Justin Bonomo	2	18
Erik Seidel	4	12
Sam Soverel	7	6
Dan Smith	10	1
Anthony Zinno	12	1

Selector	Points
Michael	55
Tom	43
Nic	37
Aneurin	26
John 1	26
Barrie 2	25
Derek	25
Stu	25
Luca 1	18
Simon L	18
David	13
Karen	12
Richard	6
Simon A	6
Barrie 1	1
Carl 2	1
Gareth	1
Jo 1	1
Jo 2	1
Stephen 1	1
Stephen 2	1

Is Michael Addamo the best NLHE tournament player in the world? A case could certainly be made for it. He had possibly the best tournament results of anyone in 2020, and is doing the same this year, with possibly the best run of results ever seen. His big betting style, sometimes over-betting the pot, is designed to win or bust, and it has been win after win in the High Rollers for Addamo.He built a massive stack in this, starting the nine-handed final day with 11.5m of the 25m chips in play. Great picking by Michael, who had the top three in his team.

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Michael Addamo's extraordinary run of results in the last month.

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Event 39: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed

Winner	Josh Arieh
Runners	821
Paid	124
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Daniel Zack	17	1
Adam Hendrix	37	1
Benjamin Yu	58	1
Shaun Deeb	60	1
Calvin Anderson	69	1
Almedin Imsirovic	87	1
Robert Mizrachi	121	1
Ryan Hughes	124	1

Selector	Points
Del	4
John 1	4
Derek	3
Gareth	3
Jo 1	3
Jo 2	3
Barrie 1	2
Carl 1	2
Jon	2
Richard	2
Rob	2
Simon A	2
Simon L	2
Stephen 1	2
Stu	2
Barrie 2	1
Carl 2	1
Chris	1
David	1
John 2	1
Karen	1
Luca 2	1
Michael	1
Stephen 2	1
Tom	1

Josh Arieh and Tommy Le, two former bracelet-winners with a string of high finishes, ended up heads-up out of the 800+ entrants.
Ari Engel and Ryan Leng have already had wins this year and went close to another one.

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Event 40: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

Winner	Kevin Gerhart
Runners	149
Paid	23
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Marco Johnson	2	18
Brandon Shack-Harris	5	10
Christopher Vitch	6	8
David Benyamine	8	4
Benny Glaser	9	1
Bertrand Grospellier	10	1
Randy Ohel	11	1
Max Pescatori	14	1
Mike Gorodinsky	20	1
Scott Seiver	22	1

Selector	Points
Carl 1	20
Jo 2	19
Jo 1	18
Carl 2	10
Gareth	10
Derek	4
Aneurin	2
Luca 2	2
Barrie 2	1
Del	1
Jon	1
Luca 1	1
Nic	1
Stephen 1	1

Kevin Gerhart may not be as well known as some others in this field, where nearly everyone was a big name, but his win is no shock. He won a Razz bracelet in 2019 and an online one last year in PLO.  This is his fifth cash of the Series, having finished 16th of both the Dealer's Choice and the Stud $1,500's and was on the final table when Hellmuth won his 2-7 bracelet. He has just started playing $10k's but has clearly got what takes. If you want someone for your team next time who will score points and not many others will have, you could do worse than Gerhart.

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One man dominates the 2021 WSOP.



And one woman dominates our competition.

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Event 41: $2,500 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Carlos Chang
Runners	896
Paid	135
Final Table	10

Player	Position	Points
Almedin Imsirovic	45	1
Matas Cimbolas	126	1
Shannon Shorr	131	1

Selector	Points
Simon A	2
Stu	2
Del	1
Derek	1
Jo 1	1
John 1	1
Richard	1
Simon L	1

Carlos Chang shows the benefit of the Winner's Photo lessons he received from Chris Webber.

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Carlos looking more excited:

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Event 42: $1,500 Razz

Winner	Bradley Ruben
Runners	311
Paid	47
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Yuri Martins Dzivielevski	4	12
David "ODB" Baker	5	10
Julien Martini	24	1
Yueqi Zhu	33	1
Robert Campbell	39	1
Anthony Zinno	41	1

Selector	Points
Stephen 2	12
Stu	12
Barrie 1	11
Carl 1	10
Chris	10
David	10
Del	10
Jon	10
Luca 1	10
Luca 2	10
Rob	10
Jo 1	2
Derek	1
Gareth	1
Jo 2	1
John 1	1
John 2	1
Stephen 1	1

After two online PLO bracelets, Ruben's first live bracelet is in Razz. He is still trying to claim to be a novice at Razz, but he was third in this same event in 2017. He had a familiar face to keep him company - David 'ODB' Baker, who was second that day, was fifth in this.

Robert Campbell is in da house. Watch out!

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Event 43: $1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Anthony Denove
Runners	3991
Paid	599
Final Table	10

Player	Position	Points
Niall Farrell	88	1
Jeff Sluzinski	90	1

Selector	Points
Chris	2

A double stack four-day tournament with a $1k buy-in and 4,000 entries - it's not surprising that pro's were scarce. We had two cashes out of 600, which rounds to 0%. Amazingly, Chris had both of them. Laser-sharp picking is one way of looking at it. Another is an ability to choose the pro's who are willing to waste four days on a wild goose chase. Gratz on the points.

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Event 44: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

Winner	Ryan Hansen
Runners	162
Paid	25
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Mike Matusow	16	1
Daniel Zack	19	1
Nick Schulman	21	1
Joseph McKeehen	23	1

Selector	Points
John 1	2
Barrie 2	1
Carl 1	1
Chris	1
Derek	1
Gareth	1
Jo 2	1
Karen	1
Luca 2	1
Michael	1
Nic	1
Richard	1
Rob	1

Snare a bracelet on your first cash - that's the way to do it. Ryan Hansen's win was no fluke though - he is a Limit Hold'em specialist who can be found playing cash LH at the Borgota next time you're in town. Raymond Henson was ninth, and for a minute I thought he had won it, which would have been nice as he has had numerous final tables but has never won a bracelet. This was his sixth cash this Series, including coming 3rd and 11th in the two Dealer's Choice tournaments. He has also cashed four times in the Main Event, with a best finish of 12th. Yeah, it wasn't him. Matusow is still a crack tournament player despite all his issues.

It's almost expected now for players who have won their fourth or fifth bracelet and their apostles to hold up the related number of fingers. I'm not so sure it's a thing when you've won one.

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Event 45: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship

Winner	Tommy Le
Runners	344
Paid	52
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Eli Elezra	6	8
Daniel Zack	13	1
Mike Matusow	17	1
Robert Campbell	27	1
John Racener	28	1
Adam Hendrix	29	1
Brandon Shack-Harris	43	1
Randy Ohel	46	1
Stephen Chidwick	48	1

Selector	Points
Barrie 2	9
Carl 1	3
Carl 2	3
Jo 2	3
Derek	2
Gareth	2
Aneurin	1
Barrie 1	1
Chris	1
David	1
John 1	1
Jon	1
Karen	1
Luca 1	1
Luca 2	1
Michael	1
Nic	1
Richard	1
Simon A	1
Stephen 1	1
Stephen 2	1
Tom	1

He did it! After losing heads-up in #39 (also PLO), Tommy Le came straight back to win this. After a few early NLHE cashes (including two top-100 results in the Main Event), Le has specialised in PLO and, apsrt from another ME result, his last fourteen cashes have all been in PLO. He has finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th in previous years. Just can't crack that 4th place. Jeremy Ausmus came close to a second bracelet of the Series, finishing fifth. Daniel Zack, Mike Matusow and Dylan Linde keep missing the final table. Zack and Matusow both had their second teens finish in #44 and their third in #45, while Linde was in the teens in #40 and #45.

Jordan Spurlin, who was second, is a Pro Super Smash Bros Melee and Project M Player. As you known, Project M is a development of Brawl to make it more like Melee, and remains the most popular gameplay mod of Brawl in tournament settings.

Third-place Chris Sandrock owns the Sunset Casino in Montana and has possibly the greatest record at the WSOP, having cashed regularly across the last 26 years, never finishing lower than 12th! He was 12th in 1995, 7th in 2002, 10th in 2007 and now has a 3rd place on his record after cashing yet again.